Until now, Windows 11 ARM users have been downloading and installing the x86 version of BOINC by default.

But now, there are 2 options, so users can select the right version for their hardware.

This is a lot easier than having to go into "all versions" and select ARM64 from there.

Just wanted to share this great news :)[/img]

Also, a question:

Why is the Mac client still a combined 64-bit intel and apple silicon client, and not 2 seperate clients, like with Windows?

In reply to kasdashdfjsah's message of 26 Apr 2026:

Also, a question:

Why is the Mac client still a combined 64-bit intel and apple silicon client, and not 2 seperate clients, like with Windows?

Because it's much easier to have everything inside one (so-called 'FAT') executable.
You would be surprised, but a lot of people don't actually know what architecture the device they own is running.
So it's less complex for users, since they don't need to choose what to download.
We'd do this for Windows as well, but Windows doesn't support this type of executables.

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